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Sandersville, MS

503 Population
5 square miles 101.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±21.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.5 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,068 ±$5,363 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $27,240 ±$1,320
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$47,167 ±$11,090 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $49,867 ±$3,772
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

27% ±12.9% (136  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 20.4% 16,607 (±2% / ±1,596)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

18.9 minutes ±2.4 (4,115  ±1,427) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 26.4 868,580 (±1.6 / ±58,997)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

238 ±67 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 30,990 ±690
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.1 ±0.2 (503  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 81,229 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

7.7% ±12.3% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,270 (±1.8% / ±344)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

267 ±71 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,807 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$105,200 ±$25,217 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $125,000 ±$11,094
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

5.5% ±8.8% (27  ±44.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.8% † 5,539 (±1.5% / ±1,260.4)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

91.3% ±33.2% (326  ±81.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 87.6% 48,131 (±3.1% / ±1,713.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
27.7% ±13% (99  ±53.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.6% 10,216 (±1.5% / ±809.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

4.8% ±2.8% (19  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.2% † 3,832 (±0.9% / ±528)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
19 Total veterans ±12 19 Male ±12 N/A Female ±14

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